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FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety

Opinion After a series of large-scale food safety problems almost a decade ago, Congress passed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA, to shift

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration

/ 1 Oct 2019

FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety

Beach Beat: What to remember from September

Opinion I know September is almost over because Christmas merchandise is beginning to nudge its way into retail spaces. But just because Food Safety Education Month is nearing its end,

By Coral Beach

/ 27 Sep 2019

Beach Beat: What to remember from September

African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual

Opinion Editor’s note: This column is published here with the permission of the author, Leah Garcés. Over the past few months, news reports of China’s African swine fever

By Leah Garcés

/ 23 Sep 2019

African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual

Why we are modernizing swine slaughter inspection

Opinion USDA’s Mindy Brashears submitted this column to Food Safety News this week. In the world of food safety, 1993 was a watershed moment. Early that year, hundreds of

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 19 Sep 2019

Why we are modernizing swine slaughter inspection

Publisher’s Platform: Minnesota State Fair reports E. coli cases linked to animal contact – what a surprise?

Opinion The best way to keep the lawyers out of it is to keep the children safe. Yesterday the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported that it is investigation an

By Bill Marler

/ 18 Sep 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Minnesota State Fair reports E. coli cases linked to animal contact – what a surprise?

Publisher’s Platform: Journal of Pediatrics weighs in on E. coli Outbreak linked to Soy Nut Butter

Opinion I.M. Healthy – goodness the irony. For a bit(e) of history: In the Spring of 2017, the CDC reported that thirty-two people infected with the outbreak strains of

By Bill Marler

/ 16 Sep 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Journal of Pediatrics weighs in on E. coli Outbreak linked to Soy Nut Butter

Letter From the Editor: I’m a little worried, are you?

Opinion Foodborne illnesses are not generally considered to be “highly contagious.” There are exceptions of course. Children in close contact can give each other E. coli infections. But generally speaking,

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Sep 2019

Letter From the Editor: I’m a little worried, are you?

Publisher’s Platform: Hey, CDC, time to recommend Food Service Workers be vaccinated against hepatitis A

Presently, there has been outbreaks of hepatitis A that were first identified in 2016. I started noticing the outbreak in San Diego in 2016, spreading to Utah, Kentucky and beyond.

By Bill Marler

/ 8 Sep 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Hey, CDC, time to recommend Food Service Workers be vaccinated against hepatitis A

Letter from the Editor: I heard it on the satellite radio

Opinion Agricultural media in this country is pretty good. Some argue that it once was better when farm-state daily newspapers staffed Washinton D.C. bureaus. But that was another day,

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Sep 2019

Letter from the Editor: I heard it on the satellite radio

Running a little hot and cold? Avoid the food safety danger zone

Contributed Food businesses that invest in digital temperature sensors will experience important benefits: reducing food safety breaches, preventing food waste, and saving significant money. Digital temperature sensors are a smart

By Guest Contributor

/ 28 Aug 2019

Running a little hot and cold? Avoid the food safety danger zone

Publisher’s Platform: FSIS knows your chicken is tainted, says it’s OK to sell, but tells you not to wash it

By warning you not to wash chicken (or other poultry), FSIS correctly recognizes the risk of cross-contamination in your kitchen and the risk that it poses to you and your

By Bill Marler

/ 21 Aug 2019

Publisher’s Platform: FSIS knows your chicken is tainted, says it’s OK to sell, but tells you not to wash it

Paradise parasites — Challenges to controlling rat lungworm disease

Opinion “Tropical parasites in our food? No way!” most Americans think. It’s time to think again. In May Hawaii’s Department of Health announced three more cases of rat

By Guest Contributor

/ 19 Aug 2019

Paradise parasites — Challenges to controlling rat lungworm disease

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety

Beach Beat: What to remember from September

African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual

Why we are modernizing swine slaughter inspection

Publisher’s Platform: Minnesota State Fair reports E. coli cases linked to animal contact – what a surprise?

Publisher’s Platform: Journal of Pediatrics weighs in on E. coli Outbreak linked to Soy Nut Butter

Letter From the Editor: I’m a little worried, are you?

Publisher’s Platform: Hey, CDC, time to recommend Food Service Workers be vaccinated against hepatitis A

Letter from the Editor: I heard it on the satellite radio

Running a little hot and cold? Avoid the food safety danger zone

Publisher’s Platform: FSIS knows your chicken is tainted, says it’s OK to sell, but tells you not to wash it

Paradise parasites — Challenges to controlling rat lungworm disease

Your Support Protects Public Health